Apr 3, 2014

IndiGo slashes airfares; SpiceJet's Re 1 offer continues despite DGCA warning

CHENNAI: Close on the heels of SpiceJet's Re 1 offer, IndiGo airlines has slashed fares on domestic routes triggering another round of fare war among carriers.

IndiGo started special fare on Thursday for travel between July and September. It has not specified a deadline to book tickets.

Fares range from Rs 3,000 to Rs 2,000. A Chennai-Delhi ticket costs Rs 3,000 while Chennai-Bangalore and Chennai- Coimbatore tickets are priced at around Rs 2,000.

"This slashing of fares has come when SpiceJet sale is continuing in spite of warning from DGCA," said Prema Radhakrishnan of Emerald Airways.

SpiceJet is continuing to sell its low price tickets though Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked it to stop it. The airline has sent mails to its customers alerting them that the three-day sale will close at midnight on Thursday.

"The sale continues, and it's on until 23:59 p.m. today, for travel between July 1, 2014, and March 28, 2015, on domestic flights," said the statement.

SpiceJet said the network sale would help passengers use its new network that allows same day return flight. The return options are available from Bangalore to Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai; from Chennai to Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai; from Delhi to Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai; from Hyderabad to Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai; from Kolkata to Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, and Mumbai; from Mumbai to Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Kolkata

More flights were added between Delhi and Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata, and Mumbai and Kolkata.




Source : TOI

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